Ortolan may refer to:
- Joseph Louis Elzéar Ortolan (1802–1873), a French jurist
- L'Ortolan, a gourmet restaurant in the village of Shinfield, Berkshire, England
- Marcel Augusto Ortolan (born 1981), a Brazilian footballer
- Ortolan, an alien race in Star Wars
- Ortolan Bunting, (Emberiza hortulana), a bird in the bunting family Emberizidae considered a delicacy in France.
- USS Ortolan, a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy in naming its ships
- USS Ortolan (AM-45), a Lapwing-class minesweeper in the United States Navy
- USS Ortolan (AMCU-34) earned four battle stars during World War II
- USS Ortolan (ASR-22), a twin-hulled submarine rescue ship